Global Network Lead - SD-WAN, Security & 200+ Sites

Tata Consultancy Services; Benton Harbor (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive

Medical coverage

Parental leave

401K plan

Training reimbursement

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking an experienced Network Engineer with 10+ years in engineering and operations to support a global enterprise network footprint. You will lead incident response, act as a technical liaison, and provide advanced LAN/WAN/WLAN and security support.

Responsibilities include coordinating with ISPs and vendors, driving modernization programs, and contributing to AI-enabled NetOps initiatives. Strong stakeholder management and offshore coordination are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Network Engineering and Operations experience.
• Experience supporting global enterprise networks with 200+ sites.
• Experience with WAN, SD-WAN, wireless and security technologies.
• Experience coordinating offshore support organizations.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with OEM/vendor management and TAC engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead major incident and escalations management for network services.
• Act as primary technical liaison between Customer and TCS delivery teams.
• Provide advanced L2/L3 support for LAN, WLAN, WAN, SD-WAN and firewall technologies.
• Coordinate with ISPs, carriers, OEMs and third-party vendors for fault resolution.
• Support lifecycle refresh, EOL/EOS remediation and infrastructure modernization programs.
• Drive root cause analysis, trend analysis and service improvement initiatives.
• Participate in Weekly Operations Reviews, Monthly Service Reviews and leadership discussions.
• Support network changes, upgrades, implementation and transition activities.
• Maintain network documentation, runbooks, CMDB accuracy and knowledge repositories.
• Support network refresh and lifecycle modernization initiatives.
• Review EOL/EOS device inventory and recommend technology refresh plans.
• Coordinate site network upgrades and deployment activities.
• Partner with automation teams to deploy AI-enabled NetOps and self-healing capabilities.
• Utilize SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Cisco, and other enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Support event correlation, alert tuning, and proactive monitoring activities.
• Collaborate with automation teams on AI-led network operations initiatives.
• Drive continuous service improvement opportunities and automation use cases.

Skills

Network engineering

Stakeholder management

Incident management

Offshore coordination

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

Cisco Routing & Switching

Cisco Wireless

Juniper Mist

VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN

Palo Alto Firewalls

Cisco ISE

SolarWinds

ServiceNow

AWS

GCP

VPN

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking an experienced Network Engineer with 10+ years in engineering and operations to support a global enterprise network footprint. You will lead incident response, act as a technical liaison, and provide advanced LAN/WAN/WLAN and security support.

Responsibilities include coordinating with ISPs and vendors, driving modernization programs, and contributing to AI-enabled NetOps initiatives. Strong stakeholder management and offshore coordination are essential.